Data processing apparatus and method

摘要

A data processing apparatus and method for processing media content comprised of a plurality of scenes, the data processing apparatus comprising: an input unit operable to input content description data, the content description data including: a data structure portion including a plurality of segments, wherein each of the segments describes at least one of the scenes of the media content; and an attribute portion including attribute information of the segments, wherein the attribute information include time information describing boundaries for the scenes, and scores describing degree of importance of each of the segments based on context of the media content; and a selecting unit operable to select the segment based on the time information and the scores.